Surgical appliance.



J. CARI-.SON.

SURGICAL APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED 050.22.1913.

Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

' isnnexean APPLIANCE.

n pi'icafion niea December 22,1913. Serial No. 808,128.

To all *whom it may concern: a

1 Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use fullmprovements in Surgical Appliances,

of which the followingis-a specification.- Y

My invention relates to surgical appli The object of the invention is to provide a device of this class that may be conveniently and quickly applied to a bed and patient,

and that shall be substantially universal in its applicability to the various forms of wood and metal bed .fiames in use.- f

With these objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction,- combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described in detail, illustrated in the.

' accompanying drawing, and incorporated in the appended claim.

In thedrawing, Figure 1 is a side elevationof a bed with a patient thereon, and my invention appliedto same. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view in elevation of my improved .device removed from'the bed.- Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the parts shown in Fig.- 2 and includes a section of the bed frame of the angle-iron type. Fig. 4 is an enlarged section taken substantially on "the line 4-4 in .Fig. 2. Fig.- 5. is an enlarged per; spective view of mywuniversal clampfor fastening the device to either of the various forms ofibedscommonlyin use. Fig. 6 is a perspective view representing nay improved foot-plate attached to a patients foot or bandage and a part of the 'cord connection i views.

body a'with a bandaged leg 5held extended with the weightof thestretehei'. Fig. '7' is an enlarged perspective view of the platei-tself.

In the several views 2-represents a bed, the spring and mattresssupporting frame of which is coinposecl of angle'irons, such as the foot-rail portion 3 shown in the detail On the. bed 2v is shown a persons orfgently stretched by a cord 6 that passes over a pulley 'Ztoa series of suitably gradw;

.atedweights 8, 9 and 10. Such arrange- .ment 'as shownis, as is well known, for the purpose of preventing the shortening dur that shallbe adjustableand self adjustable, I

the pulley, or; unequal pulling strain, as would be the casewith a fixed pulley. The pulley 1s also'laterally and vertically adjusti v 1' leg or arm.- Inthe present improvement the Be it known that I,{J0sn1 11.GARLsoN, a citizen of theUn ited States,'residing Fat" pulley 7 has an angular movement relative slight movements of the limb and prevent binding of the cord against the flanges of able by being swiveled to theupper end of a rod,1l which has anoutward andnpward bent portion 12 and a vertical upperportion lateral adjustmentrelative to the holding I Speeiiuu':ation of Iletters Eatent, fatrgntgd g -:19 1915. V

'tothe patient to make itself-adjustable to clamp, as well as to clear the bed of the movable jaw swiveled toxthe end-of the weight. The rod 11 is held for the various screw.- Between the jaws 15 and 20 any -ordi'na'ry frame-rail of a bed, such as, for instance, the rectangular form 111- cross section, maybe clamped. This clamp, which "1' term 'auniversal clamp for this purpose, is also speciaily adaptedfor the angle-iro'nformsof bed frames by the provision ofthe slot 16'which is engaged with the horizontal flange. of the angle; iron as shown. In the to j movablefjaw :20 is a vertical groove 21'.

adapted -to.engage the rod 11 and clamp it between the "jaws 20 "and 15. The movable aw 20 has i a. reduced socket 7 portion 22 which fits slidably intoa vertical. slot '23 the body of the clamp; This jaw is held' against dropping-outfof the slot 23 bya I plate 24 fastened bya screw 25, thisplate 'beircg provided -with a hole 26 --throughv which the rod 11 passes and ,is'supported laterally at the upper endof the clamp. To the bandage-27is faste'neda foot plate 28 4 the patient and'the slotsar'e provided to .with slots 29-; '31, 32, 33, and 34: therein. *In this plate is ahook 35 forfthe cord 6. Theplate is. placed against the foot-36 of ing the heal ng pro s 30 a'fracstured.v Ha'vin'g thus -described' ;my invention,

65 i 13 to the end of which the pulley isswiveled Y claim as new and desire secure by Letters Patent% T V i Ihecembination with a bed, of a stretcher" comprising asupporting rod with cord,

, pnlley and weight, and means for securing said rod to a'bed'fra'me, said, means consisting of a clamp 14 having a movable jaw 20 and a stationary auxiliary jaW-p0rti0n-15,

said portion 15 having a slot 16 therein ac'ta'pted to engage the horizontal wing' of anan'gle iron, said jaws 15 and 20 adapted to engage the Vertical Wing of an angle iron or opposite parallel sides of a bed frameraii.

my hand in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOSEPH GARLSON I Witnesses CHAS A. EDWARDS,

CARL Grl SWENSON.

In testimony-whereof I have hereunto set 15 

